Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 January 2006.#Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - State aid in the agricultural sector - Submission of annual reports during 2000 and 2001 - Guidelines for the assessment of State aid.#Case C-69/05.

Subject of the case

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to communicate, before 1 July 2001 and no later than 30 June 2002, annual reports on all existing State aid schemes during 2000 and 2001 in the agricultural sector – Article 88(1) EC and Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (now Article 88 EC) (OJ 1999 L 83, p. 1) – Guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector (2000/C/28/02) (OJ 2000 C 28, p. 2; corrected version OJ 2000 C 232, p. 19)

Operative part

Operative part:

The Court:

1. Declares that, by failing to communicate, before 1 July 2001 and no later than 30 June 2002, annual reports on all State aid schemes in the agricultural sector existing during 2000 and 2001, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 88(1) EC and Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article [88 EC], as implemented by the Commission communication entitled ‘Community Guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector’, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities of 1 February 2000;

2. Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.